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Role of education in promoting respect for diversity highlighted at Paris meeting
Publishing date: 5 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Education is a powerful tool in promoting tolerance and mutual understanding, representatives of education ministries and institutions said at a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), UNESCO and the Council of Europe in Paris on 5 November 2012...
Data on hate crime in focus at annual OSCE human rights meeting
Publishing date: 3 October 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The collection and reporting of hate crime data were the focus of a discussion organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 3 October 2012...
Religious and belief communities need legal recognition, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Religious and belief communities should be granted quick, simple and non-discriminatory access to legal personality, said participants at a meeting on the margins of the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 2 October 2012...
Role of education in countering intolerance against Muslims in focus at ODIHR meeting
Publishing date: 6 September 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The important role of education in countering intolerance against Muslims was the theme of a meeting of representatives of education ministries and educational institutions organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 6 September 2012...
Effective prosecution of hate crimes focus of ODIHR event for prosecutors
Publishing date: 6 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The effective prosecution of hate crimes was the theme of a meeting and pilot training session organized for 25 prosecutors from across the OSCE region by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 5 and 6 July 2012...
ODIHR’s training programme on combating hate crimes presented to Association of European Police Colleges
Publishing date: 27 June 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented its specialized police training programme on hate crimes to the Executive Committee of the Association of European Police Colleges (AEPC) in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-D'or in France on 27 June 2012...
Civil society’s response to hate crimes against Christians in focus at ODIHR seminar in Rome
Publishing date: 27 June 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Helping civil society better respond to hate crimes against Christians was the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and hosted by the Italian Foreign Ministry, in Rome on 26 and 27 June 2012...